Musée d'art et d'histoire du judaïsme

Om museet

The Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsme is the heir of the Musée d’Art juif de Paris, founded in 1948 on the rue des Saules. Its present project was launched in 1985, after the exhibition of Isaac Strauss’s collection at the Grand Palais, on the initiative of Claude-Gérard Marcus, Victor Klagsbald and Alain Erlande-Brandenburg, together with the City of Paris and the Ministry of Culture. The aim was to give Paris a major museum of Jewish cultures and to present national collections that were mostly kept in storage.

The museum moved into the Hôtel de Saint-Aignan, a town mansion built from 1644 to 1650 by Pierre Le Muet for Claude de Mesmes, Count of Avaux. The City had acquired it in 1962 as part of the safeguarding of the Marais, after which it had various uses, including workshops for Jewish craftsmen. Its restoration recovered the building’s original appearance, and the museum opened in 1998.

The permanent display presents religious and everyday objects, manuscripts, works of art from antiquity to the present day, including paintings of the École de Paris, as well as archives of the Dreyfus affair. The museum also holds temporary exhibitions, concerts and lectures in its auditorium, and runs a library and a bookshop. It lies at the heart of the Marais, the historic quarter of the Jewish presence in Paris.

Højdepunkter

• 17th-century Hôtel de Saint-Aignan in the Marais
• Collection of objects, manuscripts and works of art from Jewish cultures
• Archives and spaces devoted to the Dreyfus affair
• Works of the École de Paris
• Free audio guide and digital guide in many languages

Permanent udstilling

• Parcours permanent du mahJ – An overview of Jewish cultures from antiquity to the present day, with objects, manuscripts, works of art and archives on the Dreyfus affair.

Grundlagt

1998

Besøgende pr. år

ca. 124.860

Entrépriser & rabatter

Gratis entré: First Saturday of the month from October to June: free access to the permanent collection and the foyer exhibition

The ticket gives access to the permanent collection and the exhibitions; it includes the audio guide in French, English and Spanish. Free admission with proof for many categories: Friends of the mahJ, job seekers, recipients of social minimum benefits, refugees, teachers with the Pass Éducation, journalists, ICOM members, holders of the Carte Culture and visual artists. The Paris Museum Pass gives free access on presentation at the ticket desk. The contemporary gallery is free to access.

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator
• Handicaptoilet
• Handicapparkering
• Servicehunde tilladt
• Taktile tilbud
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog
• Letlæste tilbud
• Synstolkning

Access via a paved courtyard with a very steep ramp and manually opened doors; staff can help. Lifts to all levels, free wheelchairs, accessible toilets on level -1. Induction loops at the ticket desk and on the audio-phones, magnifying glasses, sensory backpacks for autistic visitors, tactile boards and tactile devices in the Dreyfus affair section. Booklets in easy-to-read language. Regular visits in French Sign Language and with audio description. Accessible parking spaces on rue de Braque, rue des Haudriettes, rue des Archives and rue Beaubourg. The museum holds the Tourisme & Handicaps label for hearing and intellectual disabilities.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn
• Barnevognsvenlig
• Puslerum
• Børnefødselsdage

Activities for children from 18 months to 12 years: creative workshops, family trails and cooking workshops on Sundays. Family case from age 3, a children’s trail with texts at child height, activity booklets and treasure hunts (for example on the Dreyfus affair from age 7), free of charge. Birthday parties with a trail-and-workshop format and a snack. Small strollers are allowed; changing tables on levels -1 and 1.

Transport & parkering

The quarter is difficult to reach by car. Entrance through the Cour d’honneur of the Hôtel de Saint-Aignan, via the archway at 71 rue du Temple. Vélib’ stations and bike racks nearby.

Service & spisesteder

• Museumsbutik
• Garderobe
• Opbevaringsskabe
• Wi-fi

Bookshop open to all without a ticket (more than 6,000 titles). Free cloakroom with open-access lockers for coats and small bags; no left-luggage service for suitcases. Free hot and cold water dispenser and paid hot drinks in the bookshop. Free public Wi-Fi for using the digital guide.

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Lokaler til leje
• Private fester
• Firmaarrangementer

Op til 850 personer.

Auditorium with 190 seats, vaulted stables, vestibule; the Cour d’honneur from May to October (850 guests for a reception, 300 for a seated dinner) and the stables courtyard (200 guests for a cocktail). Religious ceremonies are excluded. Filming is possible.

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